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# mishap

«mishap» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small accident or piece of bad luck that spoils a plan** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (mishaps)

### meaning for a pupil

A mishap is a small accident or piece of bad luck that spoils a plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mishap/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

an unlucky event that changes what a character had planned; in stories it often leads the hero into a new problem

### examples

- The bus was late, which was a mishap for our trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mishap/#x1)
- After a small mishap with the jug, the milk spilled everywhere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mishap/#x2)
- Allowing for mishaps, we will buy 12 eggs, not 10. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mishap/#x3)
- Despite the mishap, the cake was still good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mishap/#x4)

### note

If mishaps happen, the number of items left may be smaller than planned, so allow for losses when you count.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mishap» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mishap/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.